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In the aftermath of Wednesday’s revelation that Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar is dead — which had long been assumed yet never confirmed — a fundamental question remains. Why would the Afghan government make this announcement now? Read More

In this podcast discussion, Iran nuclear experts Robert Einhorn, Robert Litwak, and Robin Wright assess the state of the current deal, the implications of this accord and the consequences for the region. Read More

The United Nation’s new medium variant projection for global population in 2050 is 9.7 billion. That’s up from 9.6 billion people in the last revision and marks the fourth consecutive edition of the UN Population Division’s biannual report with a medium variant estimate higher than the last. Read More

Wilson Center Fellow Meg Lundsager shares perspective on the global repercussions of the Greek debt drama, including the role of the IMF and lightening Greece's debt burden. "I think the IMF is looking to be part of the solution," she says. Read More

Wilson Center Experts

Today, 1 in every 122 people has been displaced by force. But the survivors of such hardship can be effective agents of change and sources of inspiration – epitomes of "refugee resilience," writes the Wilson Center's John Thon Majok, who escaped from Sudan as a boy. Read More

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U.S. Foreign Policy

From the China challenge to the “rise of the rest,” America’s place in the world is being questioned from within and without. Is the American Century truly over and are its best days in history’s rear view mirror? Read More

The Wilson Quarterly

Sarun, a cab driver in Qatar, had not been paid in nearly four months. His family, back home in Nepal, desperately needed the money. Sarun hadn't been home in two years, and his boss was in possession of his passport. What is a man to do? Read More

Korea 1950

In December of 1950, the crew of the SS Meredith Victory performed what the Guinness Book of World Records refers to as “the greatest rescue operation ever by a single ship.” One of the last surviving members of the crew, Admiral J. Robert Lunney, recounts the unlikely and amazing journey. Read More

Ethiopia

A new film from the Wilson Center, 'Paving the Way: Ethiopia’s Youth on the Road to Sustainability,' transports viewers to an innovative development project where youth and their parents are working together to build a more sustainable future by connecting the dots between conservation, access to health care, and sustainable livelihoods. Read More

Features

Robert S. Litwak

The nuclear agreement with Iran is a deal, not a grand bargain. In both Iran and America, the issue is a proxy for a more fundamental debate—in Tehran, about its identity—revolutionary state versus ordinary country—and relationship to the outside world; in Washington, about whether the U.S. objective toward Iran should be behavior change or regime change.